Ask any person in India except those answerable to the Govt whether they would believe their Govt or the New York Times and it’s a cinch for the NYT.
Successive past GOIs have always lied on sensitive statistics and the current ruling party has extreme hypersensitivity towards the truth in a form never seen by the Indian public before. Not for nothing has Modi early on, even before the pandemic, been popularly known as ‘Feku’ (The Liar). Towards the latter part of this TOI article, you will note the deflection to underreported China stats to take the heat away from their own lies. NYT report on India's Covid toll false, based on distorted estimates: Govt - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nyt-report-on-indias-covid-toll-false-based-on-distorted-estimates-govt/articleshow/83003897.cms Roland. Toronto.
